International Oral History Association

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The International Oral History Association (IOHA) is a professional association established to provide a forum for oral historians around the world. [1] IOHA was formally constituted in June 1996 at the IXth International Oral History Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. [2] It holds international meetings biennially and publishes a newsletter and journal, Words and Silences/Palabras y Silen, in English and Spanish. [3]

Contents

In 2019, the book Giving a voice to the Oppressed? The International Oral History Association as an academic network and political movement edited by Agnès Arp, Annette Leo and Franka Maubach was published, tracing the early history of the IOHA. [4]

IOHA Presidents & Vice-Presidents

International Oral History Conferences

Conference No.LocationDatesTheme
IBologna, Italy1976
IIColchester, England1978
IIIAmsterdam, Netherlands1980
IVAix-en-Provence, France1982
VBarcelona, Spain1985
VIOxford, England1987
VIIEssen, Germany1990
VIIISiena, Italy1993
IX*Gothenburg, Sweden13–16 Jun 1996Communicating Experience
XRio de Janeiro, Brazil14–18 Jun 1998Oral History: Challenges for the 21st Century [8]
XIIstanbul, Turkey15–19 Jun 2000Crossroads of History: Experience, Memory, Orality
XIIPietermaritzburg, South Africa24–27 Jun 2002The Power of Oral History: Memory, Healing and Development
XIIIRome, Italy23–26 Jun 2004Memory and Globalization
XIVSydney, Australia12–16 Jul 2006Dancing with Memory: Oral History and its Audiences
XVGuadalajara, Mexico23–26 Sep 2008Oral History - A Dialogue with our Times [9] [10]
XVIPrague, Czech Republic7–11 Jul 2010Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning
XVIIBuenos Aires, Argentina3–7 Sep 2012The Challenges of Oral History in the 21st Century: Diversity, Inequality and Identity Construction
XVIIIBarcelona, Spain9–12 Jul 2014Power and Democracy: The Many Voices of Oral History [11]
XIXBengaluru, India27 Jun – 1 Jul 2016Speaking, Listening, Interpreting: The Critical Engagements of Oral History [12]
XXJyväskylä, Finland18–21 Jun 2018Memory and Narration [13]
XXISingapore (virtual conference)23–27 Aug 2021Harmony & Disharmony: Bringing Together Many Voices [14]
XXIIRio de Janeiro, Brazil25–28 Jul 2023Oral History in a Digital and Audiovisual World [15]
XXIIIKraków, Poland16–19 Sep 2025Re-Thinking Oral History [16]

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